Piccolo Pizzeria & Bar  

My visit to Piccolo was an impromptu decision, but I have always seen food bloggers rave about how good the pizza is!

I got there around noon, and the restaurant was nearly packed. Luckily for us, a table for two was still available. The restaurant has a cozy interior design, but I personally think this place is designed for casual quick meals as the tables are closely arranged like a DNA strand.

One word to summarize the food – mouth-watering! As there were only two of us, we ordered a pancetta pizza with egg and sausage and tomato sauce pasta. The crust of the pizza was perfectly thin and chewy, accompanied with a well balanced of cheese, pancetta, tomato and egg. The combination of the ingredients is like a full English breakfast on a pizza, which I adore! It is one of the best pizzas I’ve had in Hong Kong. The pasta was mediocre, not as memorable as the pizza. The taste of the pizza is definitely comparable to the one served at 208 Duecento Otto, with an affordable price range. Picocolo will be a restaurant to re-visit and their chicken wings are on top of my to-try list!

We were in the area at just before 6pm, looking for a quick bite before a late dinner that night. From the outside, we saw a few members of staff sitting by a big table, looking like they were on a break and maybe a couple of staff members behind the bar. The sliding doors were fully open.

We stepped in and asked to be seated, only to be told that they open for dinner at 6pm. To be fair it was about 5:57pm then, so strictly speaking before their 6pm start. We looked around and there was no queue and not many people around the area so it was unlikely that they would be pushed to seat walk-ins like ourselves once the clock struck 6pm. A little perplexed we nevertheless asked if we could take a seat first as it was almost 6pm (as we were carrying a few heavy bags), but the staff member (presumably the manager) simply repeated that they were not open and will open at 6pm. By this stage it was possibly about 5:58pm if not even closer to 6pm. Annoyed we walked off.

I get that staff deserve and are entitled to their break. I get starting at 6pm means just that too. But given the situation, with literally 2 or 3 minutes until you start your dinner shift and with customers wanting to patron your restaurant, which is not short on tables at that precise moment, surely a more sensible response would be to politely explain to your customers that they may need to wait a few minutes to order but to seat them and perhaps offer them a glass of water, until you and your staff are ready. Why choose the less desirable option to turn people away upset as it shows that you clearly do not value their business.

I can't comment on the food here as obviously I never got to try it. That said, decent pizza is not overly difficult to find in HK and unless this place is literally heads and shoulders above the competition, which I have not heard so, I doubt I am really missing much.

Definitely won't be back and have warned friends to steer clear of this place. The only saving grace is that I didn't have to pay for poor service, I got all that for free.

First time ordering delivery from Piccolo, and it's my LAST time as well.

Called at 6:25pm to place an order. They said it will arrive in 45 min, i.e. 7:10pm. I called them at 7:20pm, 5 times, no one answered. Finally, they called at 7:30pm. Bad news - their oven broke down, but now they have fixed it. Could I wait another 20 min? I asked them, can you really deliver in 20 min? They said yes, I said OK as I don't have a choice. Guess what time did the food arrive? 8:15pm. That's another 45 min from the time they called back.

Worst experience ever. Their prices are double of Pizza Hut too! I know they can't control their oven breaking down. But they could have called much earlier about the problem so that I can cancel the order. They could also give better time estimate. When you say the oven is back up and could deliver in 20 min, I really would expect 20 min or at most 30 min. Not 45.

You would think they would do something to compensate your bad experience? I did ask about that. They said they would get back to me. Of course they didn't. They also said they would throw in some french fries. And they did NOT. But I don't really care about that. I really just want my food on time.

Waiting for almost 2 hours for food on a Sunday evening when the kids were starving and hoping to sleep early to get ready for school the next day is the last thing I want to happen again. Bye Bye Piccolo.

My bf and I felt like pizza for lunch on Sunday hence we drove to Tai Hang and try out this new place. We ordered fried calarmari, green salad and parma ham pizza. The calarmari was lightly battered and we were pretty happy with it. The salad was green plus olive oil, please don't expect a vinegar dressing or other kinds. When the pizza came, my bf and I both looked at each other thinking the crust of the pizza looked a little dark, in fact i should call it 'black' and 'burnt'. Anyway, we didn't ask the waiter to take it back as it is already late in the afternoon. We picked up the pizza with our hands and the crust crisped and broke off and fell on the plate coz the pizza was so over cooked. Not to mention the ham, the cheese and the rest of the ingredients cannot stay on the pizza at all! The whole pizza basically detached itself when we picked up the pizza. We thought having the ingredients on the pizza is the most basic requirement when making a pizza, but i assume not for Piccolo.

To sum up, it was a disappointing meal and we will never go to Piccolo ever again.

Tables a little close together, but comfortable seating. Ordered a green salad (not particularly impressed, lots of random greens roughly chopped on a plate for $70), then waited... and waited.... and waited for our pizza. Finally, almost an hour later, after other patrons who arrived after us were eating their pizzas, we asked the waiter (who hasn't noticed our multiple enquiring glances in his direction) about our pizza - which finally came another 20 mins later - so was clearly forgotten about. Not much of an apology, explanation or discount etc. The pizza itself was alright, but to have to wait so long for a thin-based pizza, which was obviously a missed/forgotten order, wasn't really what I consider acceptable.

I read about this pizzeria on a magazine, and knew that they have limited seating area. I was so glad to find a bar table at the corner, it was tucked away from the people traffic, so it was quite nice.

We ordered a panchetta pizza, chicken wings and 2 drinks. The food came within 10 mins.

We ordered extra pepperoni on the pizza, and therefore the pizza was full of flavor from pepperoni, bacon and stirred egg-yolk. It was very good combination. Adding some cheese powder and red pepper flakes on each slice definitely enhance and already-delicious pizza slice

The chicken wings were perfectly excuted, it was crispy and moist. Very good!!!

My friend really liked his lime soda, he said it was a balanced taste of sweet and sour.

Will definitely come back.

Nice neighborhood pizzeria - ideal for a casual meal. The pizzas are quite yummy and the music/setting is quite nice/chilled out (playing Louis Armstrong era music).

We ordered one half pint of beer each, one pizza, and one mixed green salad.

However, I was sorely disappointed by the "mixed green salad". It wasn't on the menu but they said they offered such a salad, so I ordered it. It was basically a small plate with handful of random salad greens(actually mostly white colored frisee) and some overly sour vinaigrette . Ok, I wasn't expecting anything special so it wasn't a big deal - just some random green leaves to make the pizza meal slightly more balanced. However, when the bill came, I was completely shocked to see they were charging $70 for that terrible excuse of a salad. This is like half the price of a pizza basically - really <bad word> ridiculous! I tried finding their contact details online but no luck - so hopefully they will read this review.

Summary: Good pizza, nice ambiance, left feeling bitter because of their terribly overpriced salad.